The International
Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing with labour
problems, particularly international labour standards, social protection, and
work opportunities for all. The ILO has 187 member states: 186 of the 193 UN
member states plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. In 1969, the
organisation received the Nobel Peace Prize for improving peace among classes,
pursuing decent work and justice for workers, and providing technical
assistance to other developing nations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Take lead in coordination of the planning, design, delivery and
monitoring of project implementation whilst ensuring consistency with
national priorities of the Government of Uganda, national employment and
skills agenda and related training and employment frameworks, policies and
global best practices.

Liaise with and engage all relevant stakeholders in implementation
of this he ILO-SIDA global partnership for Outcome-based funding (OBF) in
Uganda (UGA/18/51/SWE), and provide leadership and advocacy to ensure that
skills and employment issues remain firmly on the national agenda. This
will involve provision of technical support, advice, and coaching to
tripartite partners to ensure that their capacities are enhanced to enable
them to carry out their roles and functions in relation to skills
development and pro-employment planning and budgeting more effectively.

Develop and maintain cordial working relations with relevant
Government agencies, social partners, private sector and business
organizations, development partners other UN agencies and other
stakeholders and ensure their participation in the project.

Take lead in and participate in the preparation and facilitation of
meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions, and various
types of capacity building events, and speak on behalf of the ILO when
attending these gatherings alone.

Identify problems, propose solutions and actions, and follow-up with
the CO Dar, DWT Pretoria and headquarters, constituents, implementing
partners, government offices, and other UN organizations to expedite
implementation and meet targets.

Ensure programming and administrative synergies are created within
and between the outputs; and ensure tracking of expenditures against the
budget according to ILO financial rules and regulations.

Take initiative in drafting of tools, manuals, and other training
materials for use by the project, in doing so, adapt ILO global tools to
national circumstances as well as apply them and monitor their
application.

Take lead in drafting Terms of Reference for and supervision of the
work of external consultants.

Provide technical support to missions by Employment and Skills
Specialists.

Perform any other duties as requested by the Director, ILO Country
Office Dar es Salaam

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate for the United Nations International Labour
Organization (ILO) National Project Coordinator job vacancy must hold a first
level university degree in Development, Social Science, Economics, Labour,
Technical and Vocational Education or a related discipline

A minimum of three years of professional experience in the area of
Formulation of Policy and Strategy, Project Design, Management and
Implementation Macro-Economic Policies, Employment Programming and Skills
Development.Additional experience
in the areas of formal and informal apprenticeship and other forms of work
based learning will be preferred. Substantial knowledge/experience in
resource mobilization is essential.

Languages: Excellent command of English and good
knowledge of another official language of the duty station.

Competencies

Good knowledge in project formulation and experience in project
management and implementation.

Good knowledge of the role and operations of the ILO and UN system
activities for development and particular knowledge on the development
processes of National policies and programmes

Ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses required for the
formulation, administration, implementation and evaluation of projects.

Excellent writing skills.

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Excellent analytical skills.

Ability to justify requirements and approaches to problem resolution,
and ability to negotiate.

Good computer applications skills.

Good organizational skills.

Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team.

Ability to deal with people with tact and diplomacy.

Ability to supervise staff.

Demonstrated ability to consult and work with multiple partners,
including government, social partners and UN agencies and to foster
cooperation and effective networks;

Demonstrated ability to organise and facilitate meetings and
workshops;

Demonstrated ability in gender mainstreaming will be an added
advantage.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the International Labour
Organization in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to apply online at
the link below.